Journal-box



(No Model.)`

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JOURNAL BOX.

Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT l OFFICE.

THOMAS E. HAYES AND ALBERT J. READ, OF MILVAUKEE, VISCONSIN.

JOURNAL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,210, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed June 8, 1888. Serial No. 276,500. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern: v

Be it known that we, THOMAS E. HAYES and ALBERT J. READ, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes; and we do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to journal-boxes, being particularly designed for use in connection with railway-journals; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts to be hereinafter described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section taken on line l l, Fig. 3, to illustrate a/journal-box constructed according to our invention, and in position for use Fig. 2, a transverse section taken on line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan view of our journal-box; and Fig.` 4, a vertical transverse section taken on line 4c 4, Fig. l.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the shell or body portion of our journal-box cast in one piece with a transverse web, B, that extends the full length of said shell and from one side wall to the other thereof, said web being preferably concave .upon its upper face. The side and end `walls of the shell A extend below the web Bto form 'an oil-reservoir, C, that is closed by means of a bottom plate, D, flush-joined to said walls and held in place by means of screws E or other suitable means. the transverse web B is provided with three longitudinal slots, F, arranged at suitable intervals apart; but the number of these slots may be increased or diminished without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Passed through the slots F in the web B are wicks G, that extend down into the reservoir C, and are held up against a journal, ll, arranged in said box, by means of slotted and serrated spring -plates I, that engage said wicks and rest upon said web.

Transverse strips .l of Babbitt metal or other anti-friction material are preferably secured to the web B, just beyond the extremities of the wick-slots F, and as these anti-friction strips come up close against the journal H As shown in the drawings, i

they tend to prevent surplus oil from working` toward the ends of the box. At the rear end of the box the web B is provided with a transverse slot, K, through which is passed a plate, L, that is supported on a spring, M, arranged in the reservoir C, the upper edge of said plate being cutout to fit against the journal H, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. Another plate, N, is cut out upon its lower edge to it the journal H, and the meet-ing edges of the plates L N overlap each other, as best illustrated in Fig. l, the latter plate being held down by a spring, O, that is interposed between the upper edge of said plate anda lip, P, on the usual bearing or brass Q for said journal. The plates L N are preferably made froinvulcanized ber; but it is obvious that other suitable non-absorbent material may be employed, the object of these plates being to prevent oil from escaping from the inner end of the journal-box. By the construction and arrangement of the plates L N it will be seen that any oil that may ind its way along the journal to come in contact with said plates will readily drip back along the same and through the slot K into the reservoir O.

As it is intended that our j ournal-box shall be used in connection with the ordinary oilhouse, any oil that may work out at the front end of said box will be caught in said oilhouse, but otherwise the latter will be free from any lubricant or waste, and it is obvious that the plates L N may be duplicated at the outer end of said journal-box.

By the construction above described we provide avery simple means for lubricating a journal, while at the same time we eect a great saving in oil, thus doing away with the necessity of having to saturate the waste in the oil-house at frequent intervals.

As the oil in the reservoir will last an indefinite time, and is readily carried up by the wick or wicks to the journal, the trouble known as hot boxes is obviated. to supply the reservoir C with oil, we provide said reservoir with a port, R, as best illustrated in Fig. l.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a journal-box, of

In order IOO a longitudinal slotted web arranged above the bottom of said journal-box, to extend the full length of the latter and from side to side thereof, one 0r a series of longitudinal wicks passed through the slotted web, and a slotted spring-plate engagin each wiel; and arranged to rest upon said web, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination ot' the journal-box A,

having the bottoni plate, l), the web B, proi vided with the longitudinal slots E and transverse slot K, the Wicks G, passed through said l longitudinal slots, the slotted spring-plates I, engaging said wicks, the noirahsorhent plate L, passed through said transverse slot in the Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, J No. J. BAUMGARTNER. 

